But now, many people in the small Warren County village are coming to Verga's defense.

"When I heard this about a woman, no way, no way! He didn't do it. He didn't touch her. She's lying," resident Donna Hoffman said.

"He's really nice you know, really nice guy and he never done anything to make you think he was coming on to you or anything like that," resident Mary Farley said.

Verga was charged with sexual imposition earlier this month after Fiscal Officer Carol Nelson filed a complaint that alleged Verga touched her inappropriately during a village council meeting on April 28.

"He came right here beside me, in his walker and tapped me twice and I said do not ever touch my rear end," Nelson said in a previous interview with WLWT.

Nelson told WLWT in order for her to put this incident behind her, she had to come forward.

"I felt humiliated, and embarrassed," Nelson said.

Those in the community who are standing by Verga said there has to be an ulterior motive.

“Sometimes I think they're wanting to get rid of him. They're wanting somebody else in there and I think that has a whole lot to do with it," Farley said.

WLWT News 5’s Karin Johnson tried reaching out to the mayor for comment, but a friend of his told Johnson his attorney told him not to comment.

Verga was released on his own recognizance. He is due in court June 11.